Germany

Football
Industry Moves

Robert Klein, chief executive of Bundesliga International, is leaving the German league’s international rights sales arm to head up the football operations at IMG Media, SportBusiness understands.
Multiple Sports
Data

Sports marketing and data technology company Two Circles has recruited Wyndham Richardson, founder of Pulselive, as its group executive director in a technology-focused position
Football
Media

The Asian Football Confederation has announced an expanded agreement with subscription broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball for the 2023 Asian Cup in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Football
Media

WSC Sports has announced an agreement with the German Football Association (DFB) to use its platform to create localised, real-time highlights for the DFB-Pokal, Germany’s knockout clubs competition. 
Football
Media

Broadcasters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland must submit their first-round offers for 2024-27 Uefa Champions League broadcast rights by November 14 after Team Marketing kicked off the sales process
Motorsport

Ian Holmes, director of media rights at F1, said that Sky came into the talks “from a position of strength” based on its track record as a broadcast partner.
Football
Media

Deutsche Telekom has acquired exclusive live rights to all 3. Liga matches from 2023-24 to 2026-27 while also picking up a share of rights to the women’s Bundesliga.
Handball
Media

DOSB New Media, operator of German streaming platform Sportdeutschland
Motorsport
Media

Pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed its Formula 1 rights deal in the UK and Ireland, Germany, and Italy, with the expanded agreement granting it greater exclusivity in the latter two…
Football
Finance & Law

German Football League (DFL) chief executive Donata Hopfen has called on the organisation to be “more ambitious” with its commercial targets and extract more value from its international media rights.
Multiple Sports
Media

S Nation Media, the group founded by former German Football League (DFL) chief executive Christian Seifert and publishing house Axel Springer, has announced that its yet-to-launch streaming platform will…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has reached an agreement to acquire the outstanding 50 per cent of the shares in streaming service Joyn from media group Warner Bros. Discovery
Basketball
Media

German commercial broadcaster RTL has agreed a sublicensing deal with telco Deutsche Telekom to show the national team’s quarter-final match against Greece at the EuroBasket 2022 tournament.
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

The German Football Association (DFB) has agreed a deal that will see the men’s national team become the subject of a documentary series from the Amazon Prime Video streaming service concerning its 2022 F…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

DAZN aims to be profitable within 12 to 18 months in German-speaking countries, according to Alice Mascia, the subscription broadcaster’s new chief executive in the DACH region.
Football
Fan Engagement

German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) is to send a team of former players on a three-day tour of Vietnam as part of a promotional trip organised by the league’s media rights-holder in the country, N…
American Football
Media

Sports streaming platform DAZN has renewed its NFL rights in Canada from the forthcoming season onwards as well as in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 2023
Football
Industry Moves

OneFootball, the football-focused streaming and media platform, has appointed Renato Todorov as its first chief technology officer